Quote: 

"The fundamental source of all your errors, sophisms and false reasonings is a total ignorance of the natural rights of mankind. Were you once to become acquainted with these, you could never entertain a thought, that all men are not, by nature, entitled to a parity of privileges. You would be convinced, that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole human race, and that civil liberty is founded in that; and cannot be wrested from any people, without the most manifest violation of justice." 

~ Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 1775 

Looking at America with contempt? Or just a blank stare?

Nancy Pelosi Says She Wants to Amended Americas Sacred Documents For Ever Expanding Freedom of Jobs While Dems Line Up Calling For Federal Government To Hire Unemployed

The Blaze | by Naked Emperor News | June 23, 2011

Some of the comments:

Amazing that the Dems are proposing EXACTLY what HITLER did....that ended well!

The communist "constitution" also states that everyone has a RIGHT to a job.

 See the video for yourself . . .

Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Chants Anti Israeli Slogans and Says She is Very 'Proud' Of The Anti Israel Activist Who Tried To Stop Netanyahu's Speech To Congress

The Blaze | by Naked Emperor News | June 23, 2011 

   See the video Here . . . 

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WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT

 UN AGENDA 21

aka Local Agenda 21 & "sustainable development"

WILL SHOCK YOU!!!

Do you have a nagging feeling something is wrong, but you don't know exactly what?  Who controls the US?   Who writes our laws?       Is it our elected officials or a higher organization like the UN?  Do you know where our money comes from and how debt affects us? 

Join us Saturday, July 23^rd - 6pm                                              PJ Ryan's  231 Bridge St., Phoenixville - private downstairs meeting room

There will be a discussion about UN Agenda 21 Sustainable Development, Property Rights & our Money.  This meeting may help fill in some of the blanks that the media leaves out.  

Agenda 21 is a plan that calls for international control & regulation of virtually every aspect of human activity that might impact the environment, which is essentially EVERYTHING YOU DO - eat, drink, cook, drive, play, work, and LIVE.

Maurice Strong, UN Secretary General  - 1992  Rio de Janeiro United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) said "...Current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class involving high meat consumption and large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and workplace air-conditioning, and suburban housing are NOT sustainable.  So, what does he mean by NOT Sustainable? http://sovereignty.net/p/sd/strong.html

Translation:  YOU will NO longer be allowed to have them.

J. Gary Lawrence, 1998 UK, UNEP Conference said ..."Participating in a UN advocated planning process would very likely bring out many... who would actively work to defeat any elected official... undertaking Local Agenda 21/Sustainable Development.  So, we call our process something else such as "comprehensive planning," 'growth management' or 'smart growth.'" http://www.unedforum.org/publications/millennium/mill%20paper2.pdf

Translation:  They will lie to you & deceive you so YOU won't know what they are really doing. This meeting is free & open to the public.                                Please come, listen and bring a friend. 

          For more information please contact us via www.theunsolicitedopinion.com

July 10^th Picnic!

Please mark that day down on your calendar or shirt sleeve. This picnic will give us a chance to mingle and get to know folks from several Tea Parties in this part of Chester County.

Lou

PICNIC DETAILS:

Date: July 10^th, starts at 2:00 P.M.

Location: Albert C Miller Memorial Park, 220 Miller Way, Exton, PA 19341

Food: The main course will be provided; you are asked to bring your side dish

Hosted by: Coalition for Advancing Freedom (CCLA).

CCLA is a coalition of three Tea Parties: Valley Forge Patriots, West Chester Patriots and the Chester Patriots

How to sign up:click on the  link which follows and follow the directions. Go to the top where you see someone name  and click Not Me.  It will then take you to fill in your name etc... 

LINK:http://www.punchbowl.com/partypage/3144a1f517c22e71

*****   IF U HAVE ANY PROBLEMS , PLEASE LET ME KNOW !!!!!

Mark D.

VFP/Phoenixville,PA

Getting There From Here

A practical guide for restoring America

Valley Forge Patriots Tea Party Economics Classes

Monday, July 11^th & Tuesday, July 12th

6:00 PM

Franklin Commons

400 Franklin Ave Phoenixville, PA - Class will be in Franklin Hall which is the private larger classroom next to café area.  This room is more easily accessible from both free parking lots on campus.

Loren is back for part two of his economic series.  Please fee free to come one or both evenings to this presentation.   The Valley Forge Patriots will be asking for a $5 donation for room fees.  Loren Spivack will be donating his time and selling some books.    Info on class contact:                                                   

LORENSPIVACK@GMAIL.COM         718-614-4411          OBAMAPARODY.COM

 

HERITAGE FOUNDATION SPEAKER AT JULY MEETING!

If you know the good work of the Heritage Foundation for our cause, you know it is really exciting to have Mr. Knepper as our guest speaker.

    The July 8^th meeting of the Valley Forge Patriots will be held at a new location, the Phoenixville Country Club (PCC). The PCC is located on Country Club Road approximately 2 miles south of Route 23. The room we will be using can comfortably seat over 100 people, so don't hesitate to bring friends. As at previous venues, table food service of appetizers, salads, sandwiches and beer, wine and soda will be available throughout the meeting. Food and drinks are offered at PCC member prices --- cash and credit cards accepted. There is plenty of free parking.  Dress code,   please no hats.  This meeting will be free but we would appreciate donations.

     Along with the usual agenda items, our featured speaker will be Leo Knepper of the Heritage Foundation. Leo is the PA State Director for Heritage Action and he will be speaking on "How to be an effective lobbyist/activist" His talk will cover, Heritage Action, Effective Communication and Preparing for Legislator contact. This is a very timely subject with elections coming up.  Mr. Knepper has been active in grassroots political activity for over 10 years.

         Please join us for our July 8^th meeting (6:00 to 8:00 PM) at a new venue with an interesting speaker.

RedState Morning Briefing

For June 15, 2011

1. Empty Sophistry, when directed at the War in Afghanistan, is still Empty Sophistry

Shortly after taking office in 2009, President Obama declared that a new strategy was forthcoming for the Afghan war. Over six months later, after weeks and weeks and weeks of "thoughtful deliberation" (and a few dozen rounds of golf), Obama used an awkward 45-minute appearance at West Point to boldly announce...that he was going to implement what amounted to the same strategy that President Bush and Secretary of Defense Gates had prepared just before the January 20, 2009 change of command. Bold and cutting-edge, that.

Now, as America winds down its Iraq obligation and feckless NATO blunders about 10,000 feet over North Africa, the President has another Afghan announcement to make. This one, though, is supposed to represent great news for the American people: the nearly ten-year war in Afghanistan (which may as well still be on the Dark Side of the Moon as far as many Americans are concerned) is ending, and we're declaring ourselves the victors! . . . .

If, as has been said more recently, the goal was to "punish al Qaeda and the Taliban," then that mission could have been declared accomplished by November 2001, and we all could have been spared the effort of, and the rhetoric which has accompanied, the Global War on Terror. If, on the other hand, the goal was to permanently remove the Taliban from power, neuter or destroy al Qaeda, and leave behind an Afghanistan that was domestically stable, secure, and free of terrorists, and which wasn't a threat to its own free people, to its neighbors, or to the rest of the world...well, how many more decades do you have to give?

Rather than address these questions head-on, of course, Obama declared tonight to be Arts and Crafts time and threw together a few of his favorite creations: Straw Men.

2. Obama Agencies Announce Massive Attack on American Job Creators

Over the last year, the Obama Administration, through its regulatory agencies, has been conducting a quiet war on American business-those enterprises that are the nation's job creators. Earlier this week, the union extremists in Obama's Department of Labor and the "independent" National Labor Relations Board (the same agency that may cause 1,000 Boeing employees in South Carolina to lose their jobs) launched an all-out offensive designed to maximize unions' ability to unionize the 93.1% of America's private-sector employees who are union free.

On Monday, using retread and biased psuedo-studies, the Department of Labor issued an expansive 160-page notice for proposed rule-making; request for comments. It is, in sum, a radical overhaul of the reporting requirements for employers who wish to remain union free and the consultants, lawyers, and firms that provide human resources, employee and labor relations services.

3. Horserace for June 23, 2011

This week we find Jon Huntsman in the race officially. Rick Perry continues to look at getting in the race. And there's a battle shaping up in Iowa.

I'll get into it all and how the candidates are stacked up.

4. Republicans Urge Obama to Raise Fuel Efficiency by 100 percent

The Obama green dreams have recently been awarded assistance by nearly forgotten former Republicans officials, desperate to find relevance. The collection of fifteen former governors, congressmen & agency officials are joining in with the President and Democrats who have long been of the opinion that the American public will only do what's "right" if they are left with no other options. In the world of green, this translates into higher efficiency standards.

5. When is a War not a War? When Obama is President and Libya is the Opponent

Last week, at House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) request, the Obama administration provided a brief (32 pages plus classified addenda) overview of its activities in Libya, its conversations with Congress about them, and its rationale for not needing Congressional approval to continue this war ad infinitem. The full document (minus the classified annexes) is available here in pdf form. Here are a few highlights.

6. It's Official: You Must be an Eco-Socialist to Graduate in Maryland

It's not like Maryland Democrats haven't worked assiduously to earn the distinction of 'least free state in the country' for their beloved Free State.

Maryland high school students will now be required to pass green proficiency requirements in order to graduate. The Maryland state board of education will require public schools within the state to weave in eco-socialist propaganda to the general science curriculum. Sadly, due to flaccid opposition and complacency on the part of all of us, public schools across the country have already been doing this for quite some time. Maryland is merely the first state to consummate those requirements as part of the "official curriculum."

7. The nonsensical, astroturf campaign against AT&T and T-Mobile

I've said before that the case against the AT&T/T-Mobile deal makes no sense. Not only does the historical record suggest that the merger will increase competition, but the actions of key players are the opposite of what we'd predict if the merger were expected to reduce competition and raise margins.

There's something more to it, though. That something is astroturf pushing a basic agenda of an expanded government role in the media. Why yes, the same forces were behind Net Neutrality that are now behind the anti-AT&T coalition, in addition to Sprint who wants to keep prices higher and competition lower, by preventing AT&T and T-Mobile from getting together and being more effective.

Heritage Hotsheet

Experts on the Day's Hottest News

Items for June 23, 2011

Obama Will Speed Pullout From War in Afghanistan
The New York Times
 

Republicans Delay Vote on Limiting U.S. Role in Libya
The Wall Street Journal
 

Bernanke Leaves Door Open to Further Easing
Bloomberg.com
 
EU to pressure Greece amid bank rollover talks
Reuters 
  

Latest Heritage Research:

The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence

Defend Israel.

LIBERAL MYTH NO. 4:
"Israel was built by immigrants from European countries: they could 'go home' by going back to Germany, Austria, and Poland."

REFUTATION:
Baloney. More than half of Israel's Jewish population is of Arab stock and came to Israel when forced to leave Arab/Muslim countries like Morocco, Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.

Fellow Patriots,

If you ever wondered how important your vote is, consider the fact that Rep. Cynthia McKinney was elected to the office of U.S. Representative 6 times, even though she vigorously promoted Libya as an example for the United States and all of Africa to aspire to (among other lunacies. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_McKinney ).  This is not the same video sent before.  She goes even further in her praise of Libya in this one.

Once again, you have to see the eye-popping words come from her own lips to believe it --> http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cynthia-mckinney-claims-the-us-does-not-have-free-education-which-is-why-libya-is-a-much-better-place-to-live/

Elections often swing one way or the other due to a few thousand or even hundred votes.  So please make sure to cast your ballot.  Share this video with your friends and encourage them to vote.  In doing this, you are playing an essential role in preventing TRULY INSANE liberal Muslim sympathizers from running this country.

Thank you,

Dave

Cynthia McKinney Claims The US Does Not Have Free Education

 

Technocracy Isn't Policy

The celebration of the Arab Spring is built on faith in the redemptive ability of enhanced communications technologies to create a transparent global culture. To the true believers on the New York Times editorial page, it is axiomatic that cultural revolutions driven by communications technologies will be liberal. That anything which breaks down barriers must be liberal.

Technocracy as foreign policy has become the standard reaction to turmoil and instability in the Muslim world. Whether it's Hillary Clinton talking about the need to have relationships with the populations of entire countries or Thomas Friedman sketching out yet another vision of a New Middle East, the misplaced enthusiasm is everywhere. At the heart of it all is the idea that social media is leading to the dawn of a new age.

 Read more:

Obama Administration's "Gunwalker" Turns U.S. into Sponsor of Terrorism

Obama Administration reduces U.S. to level of Iran and other state sponsors of terroristic violence
ANYBODY who votes for Obama in 2012 makes himself or herself a party to one of the most shameful and dishonorable acts in our nation's history. (Talking point for letters to the editor)
by Bill Levinson

The American public needs to be made fully aware of the consequences of "Fast and Furious" or, as it is more commonly known, Operation Gunwalker. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), which reports to Attorney General Eric Holder, orchestrated the transfer of 2500 firearms including the kind that the anti-Second Amendment Left calls "assault weapons" to suspected or even known members of Mexican drug cartels. In other words, BATFE perpetrated multiple firearm-related felonies, and specifically the kind of felonies it is duty bound to prevent: the transfer of firearms to prohibited persons such as those engaged in drug...

Read the whole entry »

The real history of Israel's founding, and why it matters

Not Stealing Palestine, but Purchasing Israel

By Daniel Pipes, NRO

Zionists stole Palestinian land: That's the mantra both the Palestinian Authority and Hamas teach their children and propagate in their media. This claim has vast importance, as Palestinian Media Watch explains: "Presenting the creation of the state as an act of theft and its continued existence as a historical injustice serves as the basis for the PA's non-recognition of Israel's right to exist." The accusation of theft also undermines Israel's position internationally.

But is this accusation true?

No, it is not. Ironically, the building of Israel represents almost the most peaceable in-migration and state creation in history. Understanding why requires seeing Zionism in context. Simply put, conquest is the historical norm. Governments everywhere have been established through invasion and nearly all states came into being at someone else's expense. No one is permanently in charge;...

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Land Swaps" and the 1967 Lines

I reminded Dore Gold that '67 lines with land swaps was also part of the Roadmap. The SAudis also said that swaps should be of equal value not area. Ted Belman

Dore Gold, JCPA
 
When President Obama first made his controversial reference to the 1967 lines as the basis for future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, he introduced the idea that there would be "mutually agreed swaps" of land between the two sides. Yet neither UN Security Council Resolution 242 nor any subsequent signed agreements with the Palestinians stipulated that Israel would have to pay for any West Bank land it would retain by handing over its own sovereign land in exchange.

So where did the idea of land swaps come from? During the mid-1990s, Israeli academics involved in backchannel talks accepted the principle that the Palestinians would obtain 100% of the territory, just like Egypt received 100% of the Sinai Peninsula, and they proposed giving Israeli land to the Palestinians as...

Read the whole entry »

Netanyahu: Israel needs to separate from the Palestinians

By Ted Belman

According to HAARETZ, Netanyahu told his cabinet that it's more important to 'preserve a solid Jewish majority inside the State of Israel' than holding land home to a Palestinian majority.

He also said the number of Palestinians and Jews between the Jordan River and the sea "is irrelevant" and that it's more important to "preserve a solid Jewish majority inside the State of Israel."

This is a bombshell. Now we know where he is going. In no way does his argument support '67 lines with swaps which he seems to accept. Why not keep all of area C and B and give autonomy only on A.

Obama may be right when he tells Jewish donors that U.S.-Israel disagreements are only 'tactical'

Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, reports demographic studies which show that, in a number of years, the demographic trends will result in a Palestinian majority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

This is a big lie. I...

Read the whole entry »

 06/22/2011

The Truth About Tax Cuts

All you are likely to hear about low tax rates from liberals and their echo chamber in the media is that they don't work-that they fail to gin up economic or job growth. Exhibit A for this preposterous proposition is the Bush tax cuts. The left wants you to accept it as conventional wisdom that the policy was a bust. 

Recent Entries 

Middle-Class Families Struggle to Overcome Regulatory Recession

United States Affirms Military Realignment Plan in Japan

How the Debt and Economy Are Reshaping Millennials' Life Choices

Daily Notes

EU Should Get Its Own House in Order

QUICK HITS

If the White House and Congress want to "fundamentally change" the growth of the national debt, their goal of $2 trillion in cuts by 2021 is not enough, Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said on Tuesday.

Up to three million middle-class Americans will get nearly free insurance designed for the poor thanks to Obamacare. Democratic lawmakers say it's not a loophole.

The Taliban are responsible for about 85 percent of all civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan, an increase from last year, according to a new study.

While working for Members of Congress, congressional staffers earned $13 million from outside sources in 2009. The maximum salary for most aides was about $168,000 in 2010.

President Obama's National Labor Relations Board has been aggressively reinterpreting the law to foist unions on workers-whether they want them or not.

Today's Headlines:  Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Geithner: We Need 'Revenue Increases;' Cutting Deficit by Spending Cuts Alone 'Irresponsible'

Restricting Food Ads Aimed at Children Will Harm 'Multiple Sectors of Economy,' Advertisers Say

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Clinton Finally Expresses 'Support' for Saudi Women Drivers
 

ATF Hosts Its First 'Gay Pride' Observance

Obama Troop Withdrawal Not Expected to Be Significant

Pentagon Drafts Rules for Cyber Warfare

Some Middle Class Couples Qualify for Medicaid Because of Obamacare Glitch

Bipartisan Senate Resolution Would Allow Libya Operation to Continue for 1 Year

Second Hong Kong Child Dies of Mutated Scarlet Fever

Georgia, Feeling Loss of Latino Migrants, Uses Probationers to Harvesting Crops

COMMENTARY:

The Dirty Little Secret of the Debt Limit
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Has the federal government reached its statutory debt limit? Or is the legal debt limit merely a sleight-of-hand tactic in the most high stakes shell game every played?

New Palin Movie Busts Media Mythology
By L. Brent Bozell III
"The Undefeated" shows Sarah Palin is far better prepared to wage a primary campaign than any of her rivals.

Jon Huntsman: McCain on Wheels
By Michelle Malkin
Republican Jon Huntsman is a big-spending accommodationist more in tune with the Democratic elite than with the conservative rank-and-file.

Helios is Angry
By Rich Galen
The sun is awakening from its slumber, and we may be in for some major storms.


NEWSPAPER ROUNDUP:

More than 2,400 convicted aliens rounded up in one week last month
Nearly 2,000 pounds of pot found in Arizona
NCAA drug testing shows increase in pot use
Poll: 3 in 10 are sure they'll vote for Obama
Michele Bachmann expected to make official announcement Monday in Iowa
NY Times: 'Roots of Bachmann's Ambition Began at Home'
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) faces ethics probe; Female staffer claims harassment
Cleveland mayor breaks with Dems in seeking merit pay for teachers
Defunding efforts cause cuts in Planned Parenthood services
N.Y. atheists angry over 'Heaven' Street sign honoring 9-11 victims
Pennsylvania House looks set to approve voter-identification bill
Environmentalists push to keep U.S., others from oil drilling in Arctic

John Baer and Bob:Yikes Beware - 1 Republican Leadership -- PSEA $$$ 2010 Serving Two Masters 

Liberal Unionized  John Baer elaborates on what I wrote several months ago. Yikes

John Baer of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote an important column today John Baer: Taking $$ from both sides Wed, Jun. 22, 2011. Unfortunately, John Baer missed a few Republicans. I recall something about "serving two masters" and "conflict of interest" or doesn't that apply to the General Assembly? Donors might consider which side the donees are on. Unless they drive their cars with foot on accelerator and brake simultaneously. How far does that get you?

  PSEA contributions to Republican House  LEADERSHIP  in 2010.

 Will Republican Majority House Leadership Sell Out  The Forgotten Taxpayer?

Follow the MoneyThis is list of 2010 PSEA campaign contributions given directly to candidate's political PAC(47 pages)

EXCERPTS  2010 Republican House Leadership:

HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE  $5,0000    MAY 6, 2010

Republicans Mike Turzai is Majority Leader of Republican House         $23,500

Republican Speaker of the House Sam Smith                                             $4,000

Rep. Mike Vereb is also in Republican Leadership                                     $3,000

Rep. Bill Adolph is Republican Majority Chair of Appropriations             $3,000

Google in Government? Wyoming To Use Google Servers for Exec. Branch Computing

The Blaze | by Billy Hallowell | Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:15pm 

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (The Blaze/AP) - Wyoming has become the first state to begin using a suite of cloud computing tools from Google for its entire executive branch of government, allowing data and applications to be stored on remote servers and accessed over the Internet.

New technologies enabled by Google Apps for Government include desk-to-desk video conferencing and live online collaboration while creating documents

Chronicle · June 22, 2011

The Foundation

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." --Patrick Henry

Editorial Exegesis

"Acting ATF director Kenneth Melson is apparently ready to take the fall for what may be the most morally repulsive scandal to befall the Obama administration so far. Our neighbor Mexico lies bleeding from a long, vicious war to fight seven major drug cartels at once. Some 38,000 have been left dead since 2006. Amid all this, U.S. ATF agents had orders from on high to supply U.S. weapons to cartel middlemen buying them on U.S. soil for the odd purpose of 'tracing' them. The news that Melson is resigning seems to be a bid by the Obama administration to paint this as simply an example of Keystone Kop-style bungling being corrected. But many things suggest the operation may have been done for political purposes, and not merely stupidity. The idea behind 'Operation Fast and Furious' was to let gun dealers sell weapons to cartel middlemen, who would then ship them to criminal gangs in Mexico, and damn the consequences. ... There was no effort to trace the weapons even after letting them get out. If the weapons weren't traced, why was this operation sanctioned? ... [Barack Obama ... wanted to reinstate an assault-weapon ban in 2008, but said he did not have the political capital to do it. Bob Owens, writing for Pajamas Media, noted that the administration seemed to want to whip up a crisis requiring a crackdown on guns in the U.S. It gets worse. President Obama has long wanted gun-control-oriented ATF agent Andrew Traver to head the agency. Now, with Melson rumored to be ready to quit this week, he may get his way and benefit. There are real questions that must be answered about who knew about this, and when. An American lies murdered for what may be political aims. He has a right to justice -- as high up as it goes." --Investor's Business Daily

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Upright

"What the economy is missing is commercial loan activity or a willingness by corporate boards to part with cash. It's missing those components because bankers and board members generally aren't dopes when it comes to business decisions. Nope, we have enough money to get out of the doldrums. The problem isn't liquidity. The problem is that we have way more Obama than our economy can stand. ... Not a day goes by that I don't see several stories about how the administration is trying to either sue some business or impose new regulations on them. It's absolutely impossible for business owners to make competent plans to hire people under the Obama administration." --columnist John Ransom

"Trying to put everyone back in the position they once thought they were in simply won't work. But it does sound attractive politically. People can remember what life was like in the past. We don't, however, know what it will be like in the future. Republicans want less government spending and more leeway for entrepreneurs to create new businesses and jobs. No one knows what innovative products and services will emerge. That's the beauty of free enterprise, but it also makes it a hard sell politically. Unless voters have figured out no amount of government spending is going to restore the old status quo." --political analyst Michael Barone

"Far more disturbing than the salacious details of [Anthony] Weiner's dalliances is the fact that apparently his mother-in-law is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Furthermore, [his wife] Huma Abedin's brother, Hassan, 'is listed as a fellow and partner with a number of Muslim Brotherhood members.' Hassan works at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) at Oxford University. The Egyptian Al-Azhar University, well-known for a curriculum that encourages extremism and terrorism, is active in establishing links with OCIS. ... Is the Weiner scandal really covering up a far more disturbing scenario whereby jihadists continue to infiltrate and influence American universities, military installations, homeland security, even local police forces, all while the press ignores the steady encroachment of these radicals who seek to overturn and destroy America?" --columnist Eileen F. Toplansky

"If doting progressives stopped gazing longingly into 'Obama's face' for just a moment, they might notice that in Benghazi 'democracy activists' have been rounding up Libyan blacks and immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. In Bahrain 'democracy activists' have attacked hundreds of Bangladeshis and Pakistanis, ripping the tongue out of one muezzin and leaving him brain damaged. What's so 'multicultural' about the pampered middle-aged narcissists of the West's leisurely 'activist' varsity pretending that the entire planet is just like them? You can learn a lot from the deceptions a society chooses to swallow. ... That's because the liberal worldview is a fiction." --columnist Mark Steyn

Insight

"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." --American writer H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

The Demo-gogues

Broken record: "Three quarters of a trillion dollars [the Republicans] slash from Medicaid. That's almost exactly the tax cut they want to give to the wealthiest people in our country." --House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

The BIG Lie: "I didn't run for president just to be president. It was never about me. It was about us." --Barack Obama (Actually, it is always about him. That's the only thing transparent about him.)

Belly Laugh of the Week: "My administration is committed to ensuring that the United States continues to be the most attractive place for businesses to locate, invest, grow, and create jobs." --Barack Obama

Did he really save us? "We had lost four million jobs in the six months before I was sworn in; lost another four million during the period probably six months after I was elected. And so as a consequence, we had to do some things that we didn't expect we would have to do, just to save the economy -- stabilize the financial system, make sure that states and local governments didn't have to lay off police officers and cops and firefighters. We had to save an auto industry. I never expected to be a automobile executive. As a consequence of that swift, decisive, and sometimes difficult period, we were able to take an economy that was shrinking by about 6 percent and create an economy that is now growing, and has grown steadily now over many consecutive quarters. Over the last 15 months we've created over 2.1 million private sector jobs." --Barack Obama, who has grown government more than any of his predecessors

Uh oh: "We're going to give you the government you expect and deserve." --Joe Biden

Dezinformatsia

Scare tactics: "Look at the images that came out of Greece this week as you've got ... big cuts in public spending. And this is the result, rioting in the streets.... Could we have that kind of reaction here?" --NBC's David Gregory

None so blind as those who will not see: "Conservatives now resemble the old Marxists who refuse to look at actual experience. I know it works in practice, the old saw goes, but does it work in theory? Republicans often praise businessmen. Well, one of the first steps any business now takes when confronting a problem is to ask how are other companies around the world handling this? Is there a best practice we can learn from? But in any area, from infrastructure to health care to education, that is heresy on the right. It's a shame. I think we need smart, market-friendly conservative reforms that streamline government, cut costs in health care, empower individuals, but they need to be rooted in reality, drawn from best practices around the world and based on practical measures of what seems to work. What we have instead are policies that are simply recitations of some free-market theory taken out of some book based on no actually existing national economy." --CNN's Fareed Zakaria, who apparently played Rip van Winkle during the Reagan economic boom

Name calling: "You talk about money the U.S. spent fighting this global war on terrorism. I think, which is a terrible misnomer, it's like a war on fear or something like that. And I think in many ways it has been a war of fear." --NBC's Richard Engel

Editing the pledge: "One nation [redacted] with liberty and justice for all." --NBC during a golf broadcast, omitting the words "under God" from the pledge -- in their ensuing apology, they still don't mention the missing words: "Regrettably, a portion of the Pledge of Allegiance that was in that feature was edited out."

Newspulper Headlines:

It Was Dangerous Only When He Was in Office: "Suspicious Package at Rep. Weiner's Office Declared Not Dangerous" --Washington Post website

Questions Nobody Is Asking: "Will Dems Give Back Their Weiner Money?" --DailyCaller.com

(Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)

Village Idiots

Spread the blame: "We all own the economy. We all work together in Washington to devise policies to improve the economic situation." --White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, responding to DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's comment that Democrats "own" the economy

International Obama fan club: "I would like Barack Obama to be re-elected president of the United States maybe more than someone else. If another person becomes U.S. president, then he may have another course. We understand that there are representatives of a rather conservative wing there who are trying to achieve their political goals at the expense of inflaming passions in relation to Russia, among other things. But what use is criticizing them? This is simply a way of achieving political goals." --Russian President Dmitry Medvedev

Hipsters for Obama: "[Barack Obama is] one of the most consistent people that I've ever met. ... I find it as cool to be an Obama supporter." --White House adviser David Axelrod

Crime fighter extraordinaire: "Politics has no place -- no place -- in the impartial and effective administration of justice. Decisions about how, where, and when to prosecute must be made by prosecutors, not politicians and this is true for every case ... whether it involves white-collared criminals or brutal terrorists. So long as I am privileged to serve as the attorney general, I will defend the exclusive right of the executive branch to determine appropriate venues and mechanisms for all criminal trials. ... There is quite simply no more powerful tool than our civilian court system." --Attorney General Eric Holder, who often finds that leftist politics suit him just fine

Short Cuts

"If lying is now the unpardonable political sin, we may at last have found a way to limit congressional terms. If lying is sufficient reason to expel a member, then the halls of Congress may soon be vacant of all but the janitorial crew who empty the trash and mop the floors at night." --columnist Cal Thomas

"[P]resident Obama has chosen to engage in a Clintonian parsing of terms. This time, it's not a question of what the meaning of 'is' is: it's a question of how you can bomb and strafe people without engaging in 'hostilities.' ... Whether or not it is constitutional, of which there is considerable doubt, Obama's parsing of the War Powers Resolution's terms stands on Clinton's foundation. I'm not saying that launching a Tomahawk missile is the wartime equivalent of oral sex, but I do insist that firing a missile or dropping a bomb is an act of war regardless of whether the people on either end of the act are wearing Kevlar or condoms." --columnist Jed Babbin

"President Obama's re-election campaign announced it'll raffle off a dinner with President Obama for five dollars per ticket. If you win they make you undergo a background check. Is it really in good taste to take people out to dinner after giving them a government colonoscopy?" --comedian Argus Hamilton

"Officials still can't say what happened to $6.6 billion that was sent to Iraq for reconstruction. That's money we could have wasted and mismanaged right here at home." --comedian Jay Leno

Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
The Patriot Post Editorial Team

 

June 22, 2011



 OBAMA TO ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT
Later this evening, the President is scheduled to speak to the American people about the war in Afghanistan. The Blaze has a preview of some of the details expected to be outlined HERE.

SHOULD YOU FEAR EXECUTIVE ORDER 13575?
As the country was busy waiting for the next shoe to drop in the Anthony Weiner scandal, President Obama signed an order that should concern every American citizen. Read about Executive Order 13575 HERE.

A CALIPHATE CONFERENCE COMES TO LONDON
London will play host to a gathering of Muslim leaders this July. Topics to be covered in the scheduled meetings include: 'Dismantling of Israel' and 'How to move the world to a single, unified Muslim state'. Watch the video HERE.

MEET THE NEW RACISTS, ANOTHER DEM SEX SCANDAL, AND MORE IN THE 'MUST-READS'
Each morning and evening, we scour the deepest recesses of the Internet to bring you the 'Must-Read' stories of the moment. Wednesday morning's must-reads are assembled HERE

 

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Commie Bammy or Commie Rommy in 2012?Maybe it would be time to go Galt

Jun 22, 2011 06:13 am | Coach Collins

By Basil Irwin, staff writer

So, come 2012 would you prefer four more years of Chicago Commie-thug politics or the lesser socialism of Mitt Romney?

Unfortunately, this is a germane question, and I suspect it may be on the minds of many thinking conservatives right now.

Suppose Romney does get the 2012 nomination. Then what? If he wins the Presidency, will Romney be Obama's Reagan? Will Romney undo the damage Obama has inflicted on our great nation and steer us back to a prosperous and fruitful course? No, of course not.

Is Romney much different than Obama? Not really. Romney embraces the worst of Obammunism, including the Marxist fairy tail of global warming, as well as socialized medicine which redistributes medical care by taking from the haves and  GIVING to the have-nots. Heck, Romney even helped invent Obamacare!

Not to mention, Romney must be completely deluded and totally detached from reality when he says he thinks he aligns ... Continue Reading:Commie Bammy or Commie Rommy in 2012?Maybe it would be time to go Galt

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Weiner's gone now we need answers from Hillary: what did she know about Huma and when did she know?

Jun 21, 2011 03:30 pm | Coach Collins

By Kevin "Coach" Collins

When Anthony Weiner resigned few observers over 12 years old believed he was doing so because it was "the right thing to do" as taught to him by his typical liberal Democrat parents. Liberal Democrats are not hard wired to do things for any greater good save for that of the Democrat Party.

 Those who watched his "pro forma" apology and resignation last week suspected there was more to the story and he was falling on his sword to hide something. That something now seems to be emerging and it is more hideous and alarming than we could have imagined: Weiner's Muslim wife comes from a family of active members of the Muslim Brotherhood!

Weiners's mother-in-law and brother-in-law are members of an Islamist terror group. These facts beg many gut wrenching questions: How long has Secretary of State Hillary Clinton known her chief adviser is connected to the Muslim Brotherhood?

 What "advice" has Hillary gotten from her Muslim ... Continue Reading:Weiner's gone now we need answers from Hillary: what did she know about Huma and when did she know?

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 SPECIAL SCHOOL CHOICE UPDATE 

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THE SCHOOL CHOICE MOVEMENT IS AT A CROSSROADS
Can Governor Corbett lead us to the path of REAL School Choice?

Sharon Cherubin, Executive Director UNITEPA

June 21, 2011
 
When Governor Corbett took office in January, school choice was a priority. Unfortunately, that priority was sidetracked by political agendas and the lack of clarity.  In response to the lack of leadership and commitment to ALL Pennsylvania families, UNITEPA & the Independence Hall Tea Party Association, formed the Grassroots Coalition for REAL School Choice, comprised of over 22 grassroots groups and individual grassroots citizens.  The coalition's mission, at a minimum, has always been to ensure that ALL children in failing schools were rescued, not just a those who "qualify for a free lunch". 
 
After months of petitioning our General Assembly, we finally have several pieces of legislation that have the potential to rescue ALL children in failing schools, unlike Senate Bill 1 which specifically catered to low-income families.  SB1 would have left behind almost 30,000 low-middle income children in failing, sometimes violent schools. SB1 assumed that every family that did not qualify for a "free lunch" could afford to make major financial sacrifices to give their child a non-public education. It also assumed that the only alternative to public education, was a private school education.  SB1 maintained that your child's education was only worth what the government says they were entitled to. These assumptions and precedents stifle choice and prevent the very essence of 'choice'.    
 
School Choice is not new the Pennsylvania.  In fact, we have the most robust Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program in the country. Our state has tax payer funded charter schools and cyber schools, Magnet schools, protective homeschool legislation, private school and private cyber schools. Yet, many parents do not have the power to tap into these education alternatives.

Yesterday, Representative Curt Schroder introduced two bills, House Bill 1679, the Failing Schools Student Rescue Act and House Bill 1678, the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act.  HB1679 would rescue all children in failing schools regardless of income, granting each child a voucher for $5,000.  HB1678 would grant every child in the Commonwealth a voucher for $5,000 regardless of income status and resident school.  Both bills increase the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program to the same levels in HB1330 which passed the house overwhelmingly 190-7.  Both bills also include a provision for homeschooling families which defies the assumption that private school is the only tax credit funded alternative. Parents would be able to offset homeschool expenses by having access to the EITC program, which is solely funded by corporate donations, not taxpayer money.  Homeschool families are the most scrutinized group of educators yet they are the most cost effective segment of the population. Plus their test results are far greater than those in the public sector.  Homeschool families saved the state an estimated 286 million dollars last year, yet parents currently do not qualify for the reimbursement of even one penny.  This legislation not only assists homeschooling families but it promotes and encourages home education by decreasing the financial hardship for so many.

Today, Representative Jim Christiana unveiled House Bill 1708, the Students and Schools Rescue Act.  HB1708 is virtually the same bill as the failed SB1 bill, however, it is limited to failing schools.  Again, income based vouchers rely on the assumption that every family can afford the balance of tuition.  Not all families are alike.  They have medical expenses, unforeseen debt, mortgages, two and three jobs.  HB1708 does not consider the make up of every household and the needs specific to that family.  Unlike Christiana's bill, Schroders' bills do not discriminate against any family or assume that they have the means.  Thankfully, however, at least Christiana's bill also increases the EITC program to the same levels as HB1330.

The coalition has always believed that school choice should be fair, equitable and principled with the child's educational needs at the center of the debate.  All children are worthy and deserving of a proper and fulfilling education regardless of income.  We understand the difficulty in having any meaningful legislation when national organizations and paid lobbying groups are standing in the way of true academic freedom. We can only hope that our legislators can come to the table to discuss a hybrid of options that reflect REAL school choice without rushing a bill to simply to pass something.

In the heart of every child, there is an innate desire to learn, to be useful and to be productive member of society.  We hope that all Pennsylvania Citizens join us in imploring our Senators and Representatives to support Representative Schroder's bills which would empower failing school parents and potentially all parents with choice.   We also appeal to Governor Corbett for clarity and to lead Pennsylvania to the path of  REAL SCHOOL CHOICE!  

CALL TO ACTION:

Please call the following legislators and let them know that Representative Schroder's bills - HB 1678 & HB1679 are clearly better bills than Representative Christiana's bill and that they truly have every child's best interest at heart.

Christiana's bill could be set to be fast tracked simply to say "they passed something".  We cannot pass any legislation without proper debate and disclosure. Our children's education is at stake.  Regardless of the outcome, any bill that would pass by June 30th would not take affect until the 2012-2013 school year anyway, so rushing a vote would have no immediate impact other than political selfishness. 

Pennsylvania has to get this right - we have waited too long just to pass something to appease those with a political vested interest.

House Majority Leader  
Representative Mike Turzai
(717) 772-9943
 mturzai@pahousegop.com

Republican Education Committee Chairman
Representative Paul Clymer
215-257-0279
 pclymer@pahousegop.com 

Please also contact Representative Curt Schroder to offer support

and thank him for drafting legislation that starts us down the path

of REAL SCHOOL CHOICE.
Represenative Curt Schroder
(610) 524-5595
 cschrode@pahousegop.com  

(6/20/11) Full video of press conference with Representative Curt Schroder, the Honorable Sam Rohrer, Don Adams of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association and Sharon Cherubin, UNITEPA to follow. 

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Sharon Cherubin
Executive Director
UNITEPA
 www.unitepa.org
 
In God We Trust!

June 23, 2011 

On Wednesday's Program 

Who's right? The cops or the woman videotaping? Woman arrested for recording police in her own front yard. Who's right? Watch the clip and get Glenn's reaction HERE.

Who wants a Caliphate? These guys do!

Glenn expressed concern during the Middle East uprising that many in the region were seeking to implement a Caliphate or Islamic Government. July 9th the international group Hizb ut-Tahrir will hold a conference in London to brainstorm on ways to achieve a Caliphate. Check out the preview trailer and Glenn's reaction HERE. 

Blaze exclusive video: Glenn's craaaaaazy warning once again proved completely true WATCH. Want more stories like this? The Blaze has a FREE email newsletter - you can sign up HERE. 

Newt Gingrich, Tiffany's & The Original Argument

News broke that Newt Gingrich has a $1 million line of credit at Tiffany's, sparking debate on just how the heck Newt was able to accumulate all that wealth as a public servant and TV contributor. If Newt is independently wealthy, good for him - but when did America turn into a place where 'public service' is quite the opposite of a sacrifice. It wasn't always that way - hear the Original Argument on radio today.  

What's the new White House Rural Council? More from The Blaze HERE.

Obama: The worst negotiator ever?

According to reports, President Obama is considering engaging in 'negotiations' with the Taliban - but at the same time he's getting ready to drastically reduce troop levels in Afghanistan. Is Obama really so clueless that he doesn't see pulling out troops kinda hurts the United States 'negotiating' position? Or is it something more. And who thinks negotiating with terrorists is a good idea? WATCH

Glenn to give first post-TV interview to...

Glenn introduces America to Raj Nair - and you will be seeing lots of him on GBTV! Meet Raj and get the details on Glenn's first interview after he leaves his daily TV show HERE. Be sure and join GBTV now and get in on the ground floor of Glenn's most ambitious project yet. See a network built from the ground up with the premiere episode of the Making of GBTV TOMORROW at 7pm ET.  Plus available on demand today, an all new Beck University Class - Understanding the Holy Land: Conflicts of Faith. Not a GBTV member? What are you waiting for? Get a sneak peek of the class HERE.  

A-list Hollywood celebs caught in massive gambling ring: Tobey Maguire sued, DiCaprio, Affleck & Damon involved. FULL STORY.

Beck interview: James Rollins

One of Glenn's favorite hobbies is reading, and one of his favorite categories is thriller novels. One of the best in the business is author James Rollins - he's out with his latest book called The Devil Colony and it is yet another can't put down book. Check out the conversation as Glenn interviewed Rollins on radio today.  

Celebrate America: Join Glenn Saturday, July 2nd at Huntsman Springs in the Teton Valley for a day filled with old fashioned street fairs, regional food vendors and an evening show featuring patriotic concerts, and a great fireworks show. The street carnival kicks off at 11:00 am with the evenings events starting at 6:00pm on the main stage. Admission is free for everyone. Get all the details HERE.